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pul·mo·nar·y 
[puhl-muh-ner-ee, pool-] Pronunciation Key
[puhl-muh-ner-ee, pool-] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | of or pertaining to the lungs. |
| 2. | of the nature of a lung; lunglike. |
| 3. | affecting the lungs. |
| 4. | having lungs or lunglike organs. |
| 5. | pertaining to or affected with disease of the lungs. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| pul·mo·nar·y
(pŏŏl'mə-něr'ē, pŭl'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Latin pulmōnārius, from pulmō, pulmōn-, lung; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.] |
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pulmonary
pulmonary
1704, from L. pulmonarius "of the lungs," from pulmonem (nom. pulmo, gen. pulmonis) "lung," cognate with Gk. pleumon "lung," O.C.S. plusta, Lith. plauciai "lungs," all from PIE *pleu- "to flow, to float, to swim" (see pluvial). The notion probably is from the fact that, when thrown into a pot of water, lungs of a slaughtered animal float, while the heart, liver, etc., do not. (cf. M.E. lights "the lungs," lit. "the light (in weight) organs").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| pulmonary | |
adjective | |
| relating to or affecting the lungs; "pulmonary disease" [syn: pneumonic] |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pulmonary
(p l'mə-něr'ē) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or involving the lungs.
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pulmonary pul·mo·nar·y (p&oobreve;l'mə-něr'ē, pŭl'-)
adj.
Of, relating to, or affecting the lungs.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Pulmonary
Pul"mo*na*ry\, a. [L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness, and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. Pneumonia.] Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic. Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery.
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Pulmonary
Pul"mo*na*ry\, n. [Cf. F. pulmonaire. See Pulmonary, a. ] (Bot.) Lungwort. --Ainsworth.
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